Manuel Pellegrini’s lies about United are motivation

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The doubts grow and unease festers, but Manchester United supporters will perhaps be most aggrieved to learn that their results have to be lied about for their rivals to be motivated.

When Manchester City strode out at Upton Park, they believed that United had held on to their 1-0 lead over Southampton. Manuel Pellegrini, the City manager, decided that if his players knew about the late equaliser, it might introduce some complacency.

“The manager said they had won, Arsenal had won and Chelsea had won, so we had to win today,” Micah Richards, the City defender, said. “Maybe it was